Northern Shoveler
Scientific name: Anas clypeata
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: The Northern Shoveler is named for its distinct large "spoon" shaped bill.
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Northern Shoveler 1 (Male) ...
Northern shoveler Anas clypeata
Identification Tips:
Length: 14 inches Wingspan: 31 inches
Large dabbling duck
Large spatulate bill
Juvenile similar to adult female ...
Northern Shoveler
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Northern Shoveler
Range:
Eurasia, North America; winters in southern United States, Africa, Pacific Islands, South America
Habitat:
Shallow lakes, marshes, swamps, slow streams, flooded fields
Conservation Status:
Common
Scientific Name: ...
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) is a very common and widespread duck over most of North America. It breeds in the northwestern U.S. and most of western Canada and migrates or winters everyplace else.
Northern Shoveler: Medium-sized dabbling duck with a white breast, white-bordered black back, and rufous-brown underparts and sides. Head and neck are iridescent green, large bill is black and eyes are pale yellow.
Northern Shovelers are not among the more hardy ducks, and most do not reach the Calgary area until the second week of April. They are usually gone by the end of September.
The northern shoveler breeds from Alaska east to northern Manitoba and south to California and the Great Lakes region. It winters from Oregon south to California and west across the southern United States and up the east coast to New Jersey.
Northern Shoveler
(Anas clypeata)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Possible but not likely
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Possible but not likely ...
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata Linnaeus
Status Uncommon locally in summer, rare transient elsewhere. Breeds. The bird was a very rare vagrant in the nineteenth century; Gilpin (1880) and Jones (1885) give specimen records for April 1879.
4. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Returned to Gem pond yesterday, only to find the water level down by 2 feet and the pond bereft of Hooded Mergansers and the recently seen female Wood Duck.
Northern Shoveler
The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) is, as you can see, a very handsome duck, at least as far as the drakes go.
Northern shovelers are a plentiful food source for local carnivores and birds of prey.
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Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata. Occasional breeder. Common in winter, spring, and fall in all regions, and occasional in summer in Tennessee Valley region. Found in freshwater and brackish water ponds, swamps, and on lakes.
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
Grey Teal Anas gracilis (Tete) ...
Northern Shoveler
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Pine Siskin
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Shovelers / Northern Shovelers
Silver Appleyards: Silver Appleyards (FeatherSite)
Smew ...
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
(aka Northern Shoveler)
The Shoveler is distributed in temperate zones of Europe, Asia and North America. They are found in open woodland and grassland where there are shallow fresh-water bodies on which they can feed.
Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler
Anas falcata - Falcated Teal
Anas formosa - Baikal Teal
Anas rubripes - American Black Duck
Netta
Netta rufina - Red-crested Pochard
Aythya
Aythya ferina - Northern Pochard ...
Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata)
Green-winged Teal (A. crecca)
Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera)
Blue-winged Teal (A. discors)
Eurasian Wigeon (A. penelope)
Mallard (A. platyrhynchos)
Gadwall (A. strepera) ...
Shoveller, Shoveler, Northern Shoveler, Common Shoveller, Common Shoveler, European Shoveller, European Shoveler, Broad-nosed Duck
Bird Family :
Anatini - Typical ducks ...
SHOVELLER DUCK.--MICOINE.
[Northern Shoveler.]
ANAS CLYPEATA, Linn.
[Anas clypeata.] ...
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) ...
The principal bird species to be the major consumers of adult brine shrimp and cysts in Lake Abert, Oregon are the Northern Shoveler and the Eared Grebe. Brine shrimp comprise 30% and 17% of their diets, respectively.
The dip-net method also worked on Horned Grebe, Western Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Gadwall, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, and American Coot. Yellow collars were placed on grebes, but caused mortality, so their usage was discontinued.
 See also: Shoveler, Mallard, Duck, Pintail, Gadwall
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